Food
To Dine For
Dinner parties can be tricky for people who are watching their fi gure, but the Michelin starred Executive Chef Alan Murchison and his team at L’ortolan restaurant in Reading have created a recipe that is guaranteed to impress your dinner party guests. It is not only low in fat and carbohydrates but also packs a punch on the taste buds.
Steamed Sea Bream with Sag Aloo and Caulifl ower Puree
Serves 4 - 6 Ingredients Steamed sea-bream (or similar) – one fi llet per person Squeeze of lime juice for seasoning 4 large potatoes Florets from half a caulifl ower 1 bag of spinach
For sag aloo curry mix 1 fi nely diced onion ½ teaspoon turmeric ½ teaspoon garam masala 1 teaspoon madras spices
For Caulifl ower puree Half a caulifl ower (sliced) Water Milk
Butter (optional)
For plate dressing (optional) Pinch of cayenne pepper Sprinkling of black onion seeds 1 tbsp fresh coriander
Method
1. First make the caulifl ower puree. Place sliced caulifl ower in a pan and half-cover with water. T en add milk to the pan until the caulifl ower is completely covered by the water and milk mixture. Cook until soft. Drain well and blend for 10 minutes until smooth.
Add a knob of butter (optional) and blitz again, seasoning as desired. 2. For the main dish dice potatoes into half cm cubes, cook until fi rm and not too soft. Refresh in cold water. Blanch the caulifl ower fl orets 3. Whilst doing this make the sag aloo mix by sweating the onions until very soft. Roast the spices together in a pan before adding to the onions and cooking for 5 minutes. 4. Heat potatoes and caulifl ower in a pan with a little of the curry mix and wilt some spinach through. 5. Steam sea-bream and season with a squeeze of lime juice.
6. Carefully spoon curried vegetable mixture onto centre of plate before carefully laying hot sea-bream fi llet on top of vegetables. 7. Dress plate with a spoon of caulifl ower puree, and sprinkled dish with fresh coriander, black onion seeds and cayenne pepper.
To experience more from Reading’s only Michelin starred restaurant please visit
www.lortolan.com or call 01189 888 500
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